Pat Sloan's Blog

Pat Sloan: My New Patterns for The Sweet Life

Here is a behind the scenes of my day! Getting the quilt photos for my new patterns with my next Moda fabric line 'The Sweet Life'. It is SUPER dark and dreary last few days... with rain Lots... of... rain. Which means it's more difficult to take adorable photos. I couldn't wait for a nicer day... so here you go.. Moda puts out an amazing catalog of our designs for the shops. You can go to this page at Moda and put my name in the search to see everything here is another page from the book... This line works... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Future project fabric

When I start a new quilt I create a stack of fabric to work from .. I might add a little or not use it all, but a stack is my starting point. These are 2 options I'm looking at for the next FREE BOM with FreeQuiltPatterns.info Option 1 is Primarily Red and Aqua. The coneflower floral (second from bottom on the left) is the main focus of this grouping. Option 2 is Navy and Aqua. I'm thinking of that Navy with the white Daisy as the primary focus for this version. which do YOU prefer... Aqua .. or Navy?... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Just for You closeups

Pssstt... come in close.. closer... i want to show you my 'Just for you' in detail... because don't we all LOVE to see the stitching on a quilt? yes I thought you did! This is my Batik Version in 'One for you One for me', now in your favorite shops This spectacular quilting is from Cindy and Dennis of Pink Paw studio My serious favorite part is the orange peel.. and the vines... ok.. that's BOTH parts Let's not forget the awesome vine in the border! Orange Batik on the back... yes please! Don't you LOVE the cream batiks? Now... Read more →

Pat Sloan: One for You, One for Me.. a Video Look

My One for You, One for Me fabric with Moda is now arriving in your favorite quilt shops! I have both Cottons and Batiks with my favorite flower, the Coneflower .. plus blenders and daisies and sweet words. Did you get my latest newsletter? Read it ONLINE then be sure to subscribe over there on the right sidebar See more of the fabrics and quilts I made with this line at my Fabric Page BUY the Sewing Machine Quilt Pattern at my digital store post continues below ad Read more →

Pat Sloan: Aurifil Sept Block Selected!

Sometimes you have to live with your fabric options for a bit to decide what to do, right? You put options together, you take them apart, you rearrange. That is what I did with my Aurifil Sept Block and you helped me out with your ideas. Before I show you what I did, I want to show you where my Aurifil project lives inbetween making blocks. I have a collection of very large and VERY usable baskets. My online quilt bee had a long discussion on how we store these BOMs so we don't lose things. I find keeping the... Read more →